Crackdown on Smuggling Yields Few Drugs Found
UPI reports Operation Intercept produced no marijuana seizures at 31 border stations on day three. Delays up to six hours occurred as car by car and person by person searches disrupted crossings from the Gulf to the Pacific. Arizona saw 105 pounds of marijuana found in a van roof at Douglas. Treasury aims to disrupt trafficking and cut drug supply with intensified surveillance.
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San Diego
UPI
U.S. Mexico
Mexico
Treasury Department
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Arizona
Douglas
Jack L. Young
Billings
Mont
Tijuana
San Ysidro
Calif
Treasury
United States
Mao reported well to attend fete in Peking
Shanghai Radio indicated Mao Tse tung was well enough to attend the October 1 National Day celebration in Peking and gave personal approval for Shanghai workers to send a delegation. The broadcast, while not confirming his location, aimed to counter Moscow reports of a stroke and suggested Lin Piao joined in approving the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Shanghai Radio
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Moscow
Mao
Shanghai
Hangchow
Taipei
Lin Piao
Party
China
Communist Republic
Diatomic lease not renewed by Union Oil
Union Oil Co will not renew Diatomic Chemicals Co lease on Harris Peak as it expires in February 1970. Roy Martin cites varied reasons for the decision made at Los Angeles headquarters, with the County Planning Commission noting potential closure within four to six months due to ongoing air pollution concerns. Diatomic employs four workers. plant expansion had been approved in 1963.
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Union Oil Co
Diatomic Chemicals Co
Harris Peak
Roy Martin
Oil Company
Martin
Los Angeles
County Planning Commission
Santa Barbara
L.H. Humphrey
D.B. Stephens
Diatomic
Judge Haynsworth defended by colleague on conflict claim
Judge Harrison L. Winter of the 4th U S Circuit praised Clement F. Haynsworth to the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying he knows no fairer judge. He said his view remains intact despite Haynsworth buying stock in a firm that benefited from a ruling he led as chief judge.
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Winter
Haynsworth
South Carolina
4Th Circuit
US Bombers Strike Near DMZ as Infiltration Threat Grows
U S B 52s dropped hundreds of tons of bombs near the DMZ to block North Vietnamese infiltration from border positions being vacated by U S Marine artillery. In the south Communists routed a South Vietnamese irregular unit as light fighting continued, with seven irregulars killed and 62 wounded, and four American advisers wounded. An Australian unit reported a blond mercenary dubbed the Phantom Skulker directing Viet Cong from bunkers east of Nui Dat. Bombers logged nine missions below the DMZ as forces withdraw under Nixon cutbacks.
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Saigon
Upi
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Phuoc Tuy
Nui Dat
Leathernecks
Nixon
City Planners OK clock repair use permit in Lompoc
Lompoc Planning Commission approved a clock repair use permit for Paul Highfill at 228 S D St valid until June 1 1971. A second permit allowed an accessory storage building at 508 S M St exceeding 600 sq ft rules. An automotive transmission shop was deemed acceptable at 137 N I St with a permit while animal zoning revisions were delayed for study.
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Lompoc
North Street
Paul Highfill
D St
Lester A. Bondietti
S. M St
Bondietti
James Longtin
N. I St
Harley Craig
Clinton Sherrod
Sherrod
Nixon OKs huge jet SST project and funding plan
President Nixon approved the American supersonic transport program with a 96 million dollar initial request and government share near 1 billion for two prototypes. Boeing will build the jets in Seattle with test flights by 1972 end and airline deliveries not before 1978. Expect partisan fights in Congress over funding.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
United States
Boeing Co
Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
William E. Minshall
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
House
Bertram L. Podell
Dn.y
Volpe
Boeing
United Fund Names 1969 Lompoc Campaign Leaders
Mike Siminski announced the 1969 Lompoc United Fund leadership as campaign chair with Hugh Laver as vice chair and Dr Jody Marshall and Harry J Crompe handling special events and publicity. Division heads include Jim Cobb Virgil Phelps Jim Gooding Joe Sesto and Don Cooper with William Organ advising. The drive starts Sept 29 at the Lompoc Valley Club to fund 14 agencies with a $75000 goal and benefits groups such as Family Services Salvation Army Visiting Nurse Service YMCA and Red Cross.
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Lompoc United Fund
Mike Siminski
Lompoc Valley Club
Hugh Laver
Jody Marshall
Harry J. Crompe
Jim Cobb
Joe Sesto
Virgil Phelps
Jim Gooding
Don Cooper
William Organ
United Fund
Laver
Federal Electric Corporation
Lompoc Valley
Family Services
Salvation Army
Girl Scout
YMCA
Santa Barbara Committee On
American Red Cross
Boys Club
Children’s Home Society
Campfire Girls
Catholic Social Services
Girls Club
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Boy Scouts
Defense lawyers push to move Green Beret murder case to civilian court
Civilian attorney Henry Rothblatt argued the Army violated the defendants rights and sought a writ of habeas corpus to transfer the case to a U.S. Federal Court. F Lee Bailey joined defense efforts for Capt Robert F Marasco while Edward Bennett Williams represents Col Robert B Rheault. Defense optimism contrasted with a military press ban on further interviews with the six accused in the June 20 killing of Thai Khac Chuyen.
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Rothblatt
Green Berets
Thai Khac Chuyen
Governors oppose bond tax provisions in reform bill
Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans chairing the National Governors Conference fiscal affairs committee told Senate Finance Committee that taxing interest on state and municipal bonds would be tax regression. He was joined by Governors Hughes Love Teimann McKeithen Kirk Jr and others in opposition along with Senator Baker and mayors from Baton Rouge Houston and Kansas City.
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Washington
UPI
Daniel J. Evans
Washington State
National Governors Conference
Senate Finance Committee
Evans
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
John A. Love
Colorado
Norbert T. Teimann
Nebraska
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Florida
Howard H. Baker, Jr
R-Tenn
Baton Rouge
Houston
Tex
Kansas City Co
Weather outlook with coastal and inland temperature ranges
Overcast conditions with fair afternoons through Wednesday. Highs in the 60s near the coast and mid 80s inland. Lows in the 50s tonight. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph in the afternoons. Tides include high tides at 5.5 and 6.1 feet and low tides at 0.3 and 0.7 feet on the listed times.
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Flip Wilson
Mission Hill
Sarah Johnson
Lockheed
Vandenberg Air Force Base
NASA
Cobb
General Telephone Company
Gooding
Lompoc Jaycees
Johns Manville Corporation
Sesto
Lompoc Lions Club
Phelps
Union Sugar Company
Berets
Yard Haven
Mass
Vietnam
Special Forces
Army
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